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Interactive shopfronts and buildings

Posted on 04. Feb, 2010 by Jonathan Cherry in Design

In general, city skyscrapers are damn ugly. It’s no wonder people feel tired and listless when they walk into these places. They’re not natural, or fun or inspiring in anyway. How innovation and creative thought is meant to flourish in a solid concrete block pumped full of artificial light and air conditioning is beyond us.

So it’s pretty exciting to see how some interactive designers are playing with QR codes, LEDs and augmented reality to make city landscapes – more there!

Sadly – we don’t for a second think that any of this thinking will be implemented in South Africa any time soon, but it’s always inspirational to see how creative, interactive technology is making cities more attractive and engaging elsewhere.

Top video is of a shop that uses QR code tech to offer in-store info like specials and coupons plus you can see the Tweets and comments of the people inside, thanks to Twitter geotagging [more here]

This is an interactive building in Belgium that passers by can interact with via a touchscreen.

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Tags: augmented reality, QR codes, Urban design